List of Famous people born on December 11st

Mark Thomas Streit is a Swiss former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was formerly the captain of both the New York Islanders and the Swiss national team. Streit was one of the few swingmen in the NHL who could play both as a defenceman and as a forward. He will be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2020.

Betsy Blair was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London.

Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about World War I. In 1931 he completed his first film Douro, Faina Fluvial, a documentary about his home city Porto made in the city symphony genre. He made his feature film debut in 1942 with Aniki-Bóbó and continued to make shorts and documentaries for the next 30 years, gaining a minimal amount of recognition without being considered a major world film director. Among the numerous factors that prevented Oliveira from making more films during this time period were the political situation in Portugal, family obligations and money.

Fabian Marco Johnson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a fullback and wide midfielder. He plays internationally for the United States national team, having also represented Germany in youth competitions.

Christian Dietrich Grabbe was a German dramatist of the Vormärz era. He wrote many historical plays conceiving a disillusioned and pessimistic world view, with some shrill scenes. Heinrich Heine saw him as one of Germany's foremost dramatists, calling him "a drunken Shakespeare" and Sigmund Freud described Grabbe as "an original and rather peculiar poet."

Toshiko Yuasa was a Japanese nuclear physicist who worked in France. She was the first Japanese female physicist.

Tornike Kipiani is a Georgian singer. He won the first season of X Factor Georgia in 2014. He was selected to represent his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 after winning Georgian Idol. He was to perform in Rotterdam, Netherlands with the song "Take Me as I Am", however the contest has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, he represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "You", but he failed to qualify to the grand final.

Emelie Tina Forsberg is a Swedish athlete specializing in trail running and ski mountaineering. She has won repeated victories in different disciplines, including European and World Championships.

Henry Cheng Kar-shun, GBM, GBS is a Hong Kong billionaire property developer.

Fiorello Henry La Guardia was an American politician. He is best known for being the 99th Mayor of New York City for three terms from 1934 to 1945 as a pro-New Deal liberal progressive Republican. Previously he had been elected to Congress in 1916 and 1918, and again from 1922 through 1930. Irascible, energetic, and charismatic, he craved publicity and is acclaimed as one of the greatest mayors in American history. Only five feet, two inches tall, he was called "the Little Flower".